Hi, Dennis' recent enthusiasm over his Manfreda was matched by my joy that Calochortus weedii is blooming again for me. It was three years after I purchased it before it bloomed for the first time in July 2003 and when I dumped the pot there was only one bulb left and it looked very sickly so when it didn't bloom in 2004 or 2005 I was sure I had lost it. I had repotted it in a large pot with a couple other Calochortus that were not blooming and have kept it sheltered from our heavy rainfall. One of the bulbs in that pot had buds on it now after all the other Calochortus have gone dormant and I've been watching it wondering which one it was going to be. It's just so gorgeous. I've added a current picture to the wiki: http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… I always thought Chlorogalum pomeridianum was pollinated by moths as it is a white and night blooming, but when we have admired its lovely fairy blooms when it has opened early evening lately it has been covered with bees. No wonder it sets so much seed. I love these plants, but have been careless with its seeding about so now I have a few more than I may be happy with although it is quite charming when all those beautiful delicate flowers finally open. Last night as we had all the windows and doors open in our house trying to cool it down when the temperatures got cooler (we don't have air conditioning) we could detect a lovely fragrance coming from the garden. My husband wondered if it could be the Lilium now in bloom I grew from seeds Sir Peter Smithers gave me. I got the flashlight out and took a tour through the garden and instead decided it was the late blooming Gladiolus tristis that has dark markings on the petals. Not only is this plant not fragrant during the day, but the flowers aren't open very wide then either. To look at it you think it needs water. But when night comes the flowers open and it becomes very fragrant. Mary Sue